The Daily Database Build
From SQLTeam's Bill Granazio, a look at how he ensures his database scripts are always working.
InfoPath 2003 - Part 2
Continuing with Dinesh Asanka's series on SQL Server and Infopath 2003, he shows us this time how to build a report that joins two tables and includes some conditional formatting. Infopath 2003 is part of Office 2003 and is a great quick and dirty tool for getting to your SQL Server data.
DataSet Server CE: Database Connectivity for Windows Mobile-Based Devi
A short tutorial on building database back-ended applications with SQL Server and CE. If you're looking to build mobile apps, this is a good place to start.
The SQLServerCentral.com Store
We've added a new store section. Read on and visit to see if there's anything worth your while.
MDX in Analysis Services: Mastering Time: Introduction to Moving Avera
In this article, we will examine "rolling average" aggregations, a common business requirement. "Rolling," or "moving," averages, involve a measure, the average under consideration, that is aggregated over a progressively moving window of time periods.
Incident Response - The Framework
Do you have a SQL Server disaster plan? What about something less than a disaster? Steve Jones has worked more than his share of disasters or incidents, some of them self-inflicted. He's taken some of his experience and started a new series looking at a framework for dealing with incidents. Read part 1 about getting prepared.
MDX in Analysis Services: Mastering Time: Period - to - Date Aggregati
In this article, we began with a discussion of general business needs as related to the concept of relative time. We then undertook a practical, multi-step exercise, based upon a hypothetical business need, to illustrate a potential solution for a stated requirement.
NULL Column Analysis
NULL values in columns can indicate a few things, the value isn't known, it's not yet been filled in, or perhaps, as Leo Peysakhovich argues, the column isn't being used? How many SQL Server tables do you have with extra tables and columns that are not being used? Or maybe never have been? This article looks at a statistical analysis of columns using NULLs to determine if you might be able to remove certain columns.
MDX in Analysis Services: Mastering Time: Change across Periods
In this article and others subsequent to it, we will focus on time considerations in our MDX queries., and how we can successfully report change over time, as well as to accumulate those changes to present the precise snapshots, trends and other time-based metrics so dearly appreciated in business.
Disaster in the Real World - Hurricane
Hurricane Charlie had a pretty substantial impact on residents and businesses in Central Florida. Andy lives in the Orlando area and wrote up some notes on the various challenges he ran into it. Out of it you might find a couple things worth thinking about adding into your DR plan.
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
Forums
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Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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